CVE-2020-27792
Ghostscript: heap buffer over write vulnerability in ghostscript's lp8000_print_page() in gdevlp8k.c
02 Description
Ghostscript: heap buffer over write vulnerability in ghostscript's lp8000_print_page() in gdevlp8k.c
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-08-19 22:46Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-20 14:54Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-10-27
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 9327e8a269ef7440467de59c0f4d98e9beefa511be75d4820cbf94b228941326
05 Affected products
06 References
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2025:4362https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:4362
- access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27792
- bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2247179https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247179
- git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttps://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=701844
- git.ghostscript.comhttps://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=4f6bc662909ab79e8fbe9822afb36e8a0eafc2b7
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20220903 [SECURITY] [DLA 3096-1] ghostscript security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00005.html
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-doc Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-fonts Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-printing Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-x11 Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- libgs Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- libgs-devel Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-doc Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-dvipdf Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-fonts Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-tools-printing Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- ghostscript-x11 Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- libgs Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
- libgs-devel Fixed in 9.27-16.el8_10
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.51~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.51~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.51~dfsg-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.17
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.6
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- ghostscript Fixed in 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.16.04.14+esm4Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.